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Show MYSTERY. Bank clearings have fallen off heav-,ily, heav-,ily, compared with a year ago. But t about 572 is passing through the clearing clear-ing houses now. for every $54 In 1917 when America entered the war. This reflects higher prices But that Is largely counterbalanced by the low volume of business transactions during ( depression. Just how a third more money can be changing hands now ihan five years ago, is a mystery, any way you look at It. Who is getting the money? There was plenty of It, back in 1917 Now nearly every one soems to b broke or badly bent. |